dj-generator

This project aims to generate boilerplate code to reduce our valuable time.

The django templating system is (pretty) powerful. We can make use of the power of templating tool to generate repetitive code to save time.

Assumptions

This project assumes that you would not mind to use folder structure. That makes this project to stay as simple as possible.

Installation

Install from pypy -

pip install dj-generator

Add to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...,
    
    'dj_generator'
]

Usage

Pattern -

python manage.py generate app.Model --template default

For example if you run following command -

python manage.py generate testapp.Task --template default

It will create -

• CRUD python files under testapp/task folder.
• CRUD template files under testapp/templates/testapp/task folder.

Now, all you need to do is to load urls from nested directory to your app's urls.py For our example, content of testapp\url.py will be -

...
from sandbox.testapp.task import urls as task_urls

app_name = 'testapp'
urlpatterns = []

urlpatterns += task_urls.urlpattern

Now you have full working CRUD for Task model

Supported templates

Currently it has two different template for boilerplate code.

default

Default is a bare bone template without any plugin or authentication. It generates following files for a model -

app_dir
---- model_name
-------- __init__.py
-------- urls.py
-------- views.py
---- ...
---- templates
-------- app_name
------------ model_name
---------------- create.html
---------------- update.html
---------------- detail.html
---------------- delete_confirm.html
---------------- list.html

power

Power generates forms, tables from django-tables2, authentication and permission. It generates following files for a model -

app_dir
---- model_name
-------- __init__.py
-------- urls.py
-------- views.py
-------- forms.py
-------- table.py
---- ...
---- templates
-------- app_name
------------ model_name
---------------- create.html
---------------- update.html
---------------- detail.html
---------------- delete_confirm.html
---------------- list.html
---------------- table_actions.html